Poet; born in
Portland, Me., May 21, 1806; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1826.
During his course there he was a fellow-student of
Henry W. Longfellow,
Nathaniel Hawthorne, and
George B. Cheever.
After graduation he studied law and practised in
Boston for several years.
In 1851 he removed to New York and applied himself to literary work, chiefly poetry and writings on field sports.
His publications include
The year, and other poems;
The fall of the Indian;
Poems of the Rod and gun;
Haunts of wild game;
War poems, etc. He died in
Greenport,
Long Island, Aug. 20, 1899.
